419 scam: "Yahoo! Lotto Org"<yonline_coordinator@yahoo.com> RE: NOT A JUNK EMAIL!!! CONGRATULATION.

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- yonline_coordinator@yahoo.co.jp (Yahoo, Japan; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Yahoo! Lotto Org" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <yonline_coordinator@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 07:25:15 +0700
Subject: RE: NOT A JUNK EMAIL!!! CONGRATULATION.

Yahoo!! International Lottery Organization

Bangkok Branch Office

Address: 3 Rajdamnern Avenue

Bangkok 10200 Thailand.

Yahoo! Mail announces you as one of the 25 lucky winners in the ongoing 12 Years Yahoo lottery Award of the New Year Held on

03rd of September 2012.

All 25 winning email addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 50,000,000 international emails each from Canada,

Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our international promotions program which is

conducted annually, consequently, you have been approved for a total pay out of ONE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS ($1, 000.

000.00 USD)

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to

the citizens in the communities where they have operational base. Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our

Bangkok representative office in Bangkok Thailand, as indicated in your play coupon and your prize of ( $1, 000.000.00 USD) will be

released to you from this regional branch office in Bangkok Thailand.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

These are your identification numbers.

Ticket number.....................085-12876077-09

Serial number.......................51390-0

Lucky number...................03-05-12-14-28-38

Ref number...................N.EGS/3662367114/13

To begin your lottery claims, Please contact our Yahoo Lottery Co-ordinator as follows,

Email: yonline_coordinator@yahoo.co.jp

Name: Rev.Paul Wilton

Yahoo Lottery Coordinator

Hot-Line: +(66) 814-258-320

You are to send the completed verification form below to the co-ordinator whose email address is given above so that you will be

advised on what to do, to get your prize money. Congratulations once more!!

1. FULL NAME

2. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

3. PRESENT ADRESS.

4. DATE OF BIRTH

5. SEX

6. OCCUPATION

7. TELEPHONE NUMBER

8. FAX NUMBER

9. MARITAL STATUS

10. WINNING NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND LOTTO NUMBER.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and Batch Numbers in all

correspondences with us, Furthermore, should there be any change of address, please do inform our Co-ordinator as soon as

possible. Yahoo Lottery is a free service that does not require you to be a Yahoo! Registered user.

An original copy of your lucky winning ticket and your Deposit Certificate will be sent to you by Administrative Remittance

Operation Manager of our approved paying Bank in Bangkok Thailand.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Once again from all members of our staff and thank you for being a part of our International Promotions

program.

We wish you continued good fortunes.

Yours Sincerely,

Dr. James Cook

Vice President

Yahoo! Lotto Org.

Mrs. Ann Yu

Online Coordinator .

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